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♂ John Ross Robertson
aliasJohn Ross Robertson
Record
53078 · 12437

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Birth 28 December 1841 → 182 years + 4 months ago
Lived 76 years + 5 months
First mandate 23 June 1896 → 127 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 54 years + 5 months
Death 30 May 1918 → 105 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 17 years + 6 months after 6 November 1900
Special notes
None
 
John Ross Robertson (1841–1918)
© Photo 1910 John C. Yorsten Publishing Co. — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 4 13

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Emerson Coatsworth  m 
 
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 7,643 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 2
Federal
8		 Ontario
23 June 1896
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20145(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:27 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
54
ICON
 1/2 4,631 60.59% +1,619 Loser:
CONS
 3,012 39.41% Emerson Coatsworth

Service: 4 years 4 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 6,997 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
9		 Ontario
7 November 1900
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 20399(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
58		 Successor:
CONS
 4,074 58.22% Albert E. Kemp

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
John Ross Robertson, M.P.		 21 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
John Ross Robertson, député		 21 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
John Ross Robertson		 21 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 21 Mar 2024 22:19 (but data presented dynamically)

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